Clinical trials: Loneliness
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Engage Psychotherapy to Promote Connectedness in Caregivers
The Engage Coaching Project is a Stage 1 intervention development study. This study asks: "what behavioral strategies are needed to help socially disconnected caregivers with significant barriers to increasing connectedness?"…
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Caregiver Burnout
- Trial name
- NCT04176601
- Testing
- Engage coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Loneliness, Grief
The Effects of Psilocybin on Social Connectedness
The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, expectancy-controlled, mechanistic trial. This study looks to explore whether a single dose of psilocybin (25mg) reduces amygdala reactivity to negative socioemotional…
- Trial name
- NCT07693153
- Testing
- Psilocybin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Alzheimer Disease (AD), Unwanted Loneliness
Intervention to Reduce Unwanted Loneliness in Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer
The absence of social relationships negatively affects physical, psychological, and social health. In other words, it alters people's quality of life and makes active aging difficult.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease (AD), Unwanted Loneliness, Family Caregivers, Living With Process
- Trial name
- NCT07639645
- Testing
- Multimodal intervention to Reduce Unwanted Loneliness in Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Anxiety, Depression
Mental Health Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Migrants in Chile
The mental health of a representative sample of immigrants residing in Santiago, Chile (STRING cohort) was assessed nine months prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (T0).
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Psychological, Loneliness
- Trial name
- STRING-COVID (NCT04497636)
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 1,092 people
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Mental Health, Quality of Life
Art Therapy for Enhancing Well-Being in Solitary Older Adults
This study explores the impact of art therapy on mental health and quality of life among solitary older adults. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: an experimental group receiving art therapy sessions or…
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Quality of Life, Emotional Well-being, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT06763757
- Testing
- Art Therapy Program
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Older Adults
Online Interactive Courses on Loneliness and Quality of Life of Older Adults
Background: The early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic can be marked as a critical period in human history as it increased loneliness in people's lives.
- Trial name
- NCT05007600
- Testing
- Online Interactive Courses
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yang Shang-Yu
Social Activity
Oxytocin and Social Behavior Over the Lifespan
This study will investigate if intranasal oxytocin (a hormone naturally produced in the body) promotes motivation for, and engagement in, social activities in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT00914953
- Testing
- oxytocin (Pitocin)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Claremont Graduate University
Depression / Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder (Panic Disorder or GAD)
Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of Compassion-Focused Group Therapy for Depression and Anxiety
This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of compassion-focused group therapy (CFT) for adults with depression and/or anxiety who continued to experience symptoms despite previous treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT07876453
- Testing
- Compassion-Focused Group Therapy (CFT)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Improving Employees' Social Well-being.
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if using Frendie PRO mobile application at workplaces improves social well-being in employees.
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Social Support, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT06495801
- Testing
- Frendie PRO mobile application
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 1,012 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Eastern Finland
Loneliness, Geriatric Depression
Applying a Chatbot to Geriatric Patients in Psychiatric Clinics: A Pilot Study
This study will use the caring chatbot developed by the Taipei University of Technology team to provide care for participants and use robots to talk to them to collect daily changes in mood, sleep, and activities, and analyze the…
- Trial name
- NCT05054660
- Testing
- caring chatbot
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Loneliness, Quality of Life
The Helping Older People Engage Project: Improving Social Well-Being in Later Life
Older adults who feel lonely carry increased risk for reduced quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Volunteering is a promising intervention for reducing loneliness in later life.
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT03343483)
- Testing
- Volunteering, Life Review
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 291 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Mental Health Wellness 1, Loneliness
The Impact of Dyad Exercises on Well-being and Connection in Young Adults
Many people are experiencing low well-being and loneliness, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world is opening back up, it is crucial to determine methods to help people grow closer again and boost subjective…
- Trial name
- NCT05490979
- Testing
- Contemplative dyad meditation, Fast friends
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Intellectual Disability, Mild to Moderate, Developmental Disability
Comparing the Impact of Peer Support vs. Staff-Delivered Transportation Interventions for Young Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
This clinical trial will look at whether young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (YA-IDD) have better outcomes when a travel training intervention called Ready to Ride (R2R) is taught by a specially trained…
- Trial name
- YA-IDD (NCT07505121)
- Testing
- Ready to Ride - Standard Delivery, Ready to Ride - Peer Support Delivery
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 325 people
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Aging, Mobility Limitation
Evaluating Impact and Implementation of Choose to Move (Phase 4)
The objectives of this study are to: 1) evaluate whether Choose to Move (CTM) Phase 4 improves health outcomes in older adults who participate and 2) assess whether CTM Phase 4 is delivered as planned and what factors support or…
- Conditions
- Aging, Mobility Limitation, Sedentary Behaviour, Loneliness
- Trial name
- CTM (NCT05678985)
- Testing
- Choose to Move
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Dementia in Nursing Home, Family
Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness
The investigators developed Connecting Today, a feasible and highly acceptable remote visiting program that can support care home residents living with moderate to severe dementia to have video calls with their family members…
- Conditions
- Dementia in Nursing Home, Family, Remote Visits
- Trial name
- NCT07182019
- Testing
- Connecting Today
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Loneliness
Structured Opportunities for Connection to Improve Aging-related Loneliness
The goal of this early phase clinical trial is to determine the impact of participation in planned social activities among adults 55 years of age or older, who report feelings of loneliness.
- Trial name
- SOCIAL (NCT07708844)
- Testing
- Prescribing of community activities; at least 2 hours per week
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Endeavor Health
Resilience, Psychological, Loneliness
Study of Resilience and Loneliness in Youth (18 - 25 Years Old) During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lock-down Measures.
The outbreak linked to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic resulted in lock-down measures in almost all European countries. This online survey assesses these measures implications on Mental Health in emerging adults.
- Conditions
- Resilience, Psychological, Loneliness, Youth, Surveys and Questionnaires
- Trial name
- NCT04371250
- Testing
- Survey and Questionnaire
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasme University Hospital
Social Isolation
ENRED@TE. Social Support in Southern Spain. Interventional Study
The main objective to be achieved is to find out if the perceived social support, the perceived loneliness, the perceived social isolation and the family support of those over 65 years of age improve after participating in the…
- Trial name
- NCT04567940
- Testing
- ENRED@TE: Behavioural multicomponent intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba
Cancer Survivorship, Loneliness
Adapting and Pilot Testing a Loneliness Intervention for Cancer Survivors
Loneliness, which is the perceived lack of social support and connection, has increased substantially in the past decade and is adversely affecting the health and wellbeing of cancer survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT07418437
- Testing
- Social Prescribing Group, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Loneliness
Compartiendo Salud: Community-Based Intervention for Loneliness
Unwanted loneliness is the gap between the social relations a person has and those they want. The main objective of this research is to assess the impact of a multidimensional community-based intervention on the feeling of…
- Trial name
- SoledadLP (NCT06829758)
- Testing
- Compartiendo Salud
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Servicio Canario de Salud